WEBVTT
TRAVERS: THAT IS RIGHT.
EARLIER TODAY INSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE, RELATIVES OF JOE
MCKNIGHT WHO WAS KILLED TWO
WEEKS AGO, MET WITH THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
A MEETING TO KEEP THEM UP TO
SPEED WITH THE PROSECUTION.
THE MAN RESPONSIBLE WAS CHARGED
DAYS AFTER THE CRIME WITH
MANSLAUGHTER.
IF CONVICTED, HE FACES A MINIMUM
OF 20 YEARS AND A MAXIMUM OF 40
YEARS IN JAIL.
THE FAMILY SAYS THEY WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED
AND THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
THE PROCESS.
THAT IS WHY THEY MET WITH THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TODAY.
>> WE WANT IT TO BE DONE RIGHT.
WE DO NOT WANT IT TO GO AWAY.
YOU TOOK SOMEBODY'S CHILD,
FATHER, HE IS HERE NO MORE.
TRAVERS: HERE IN JEFFERSON
PARISH, HE REMAINS IN JAIL.
AND AS FOR THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY,
THEY HOPE TO CONTINUE MEETINGS
LIKE THE ONE THEY HAD TODAY AT

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His family, including his mother and sister, entered the Jefferson Parish Government Complex in a first of many meetings that they hope will lead to a conviction against the accused shooter.

Their lawyer said the family met with the district attorney and some of his top lieutenants.

McKnight was shot and killed almost two weeks ago in Terrytown after a road rage incident. He was unarmed. Gasser was later charged with manslaughter.

"We are here because we are family and we don't let things get handled without us being involved and that's what we gonna keep doing because we want to know everything and we are not going to just let things know. We want to know," said McKnight's sister, Johanna.

McKnight was laid to rest Monday at a service attended by numerous NFL players, some of whom served as pall bearers. Gassser remains jailed in Jefferson Parish.

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